The Trauma Informed DC Initiative and the ACEs Connection Network proudly present: 

Wounded Places: Confronting Childhood PTSD in America’s Shell-Shocked Cities

A film screening and community discussion

 

Too many of our children, especially children of color in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty, experience adversity, violence, neglect and other forms of trauma and show symptoms similar to PTSD—except there is no ‘post.’ Traveling to Philadelphia and Oakland, this 40-minute episode chronicles the stories of children shaken by violence and adversity and asks not “What’s wrong with you?” but “What happened to you?” and how can traumatized children and neighborhoods heal?

 

Thursday, July 16, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

St. Elizabeths Hospital - Auditorium 

1100 Alabama Avenue Southeast 
Washington, DC 20032

(Congress Heights metro station)

 

Admission is free, but please RSVP:

 

Event Schedule:

5:30 p.m.   Welcome, registration & refreshments

5:50 p.m.   Purpose: Trauma Informed DC Initiative

6:00 p.m.   Showing of Wounded Places

6:45 p.m.   Discussant Response

7:00 p.m.   Open Community Discussion

7:25 p.m.   Next Steps & Closing

 

Co-sponors include: Children's Law Center, Community Connections, Green Door, NAMI-DC, St. Elizabeths Office of Community Affairs and Volunteer Services, and Office of Consumer Affairs, and University Legal Services.